Shield buckle



Dec. 17, 1929. R. M. SWINDLER SHIELD BUCKLE Filed Sept. 15. 1928 Fatenterl Dee. 17, 1929 entree stares PATENT Aernten ROBERT M. sWINnLER, or orfrewn, KANSAS, .essrenon or cnn-HALF To WILLIAM fr. una, or abonneren, Kansas snrnnn Brianna`r Application filed September 1 rfhis invention aims to provide a simple means whereby a strap may be held securely within a buckle, it being` possible to open the buckle readily, and release the strap upon oc casion.

lt is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utilityof devices of that type to which the invention appertains. y

lWith the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanyingl drawings Figure 1 is a plan wherein the buckle has been opened;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section wherein parts are in elevation;

Figure 3 is a cross section on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

The buckle torming the subject matter of this application includes a base member' 1, in the form of a plate, provided with a stud 30 or equivalent,indicated at 2. The base meinber 1 is provided at one end with a loop 3, the opening .in the loop being designated by the numeral 4c. At its opposite end, the base member 1 has parallel arms 5 vprovided with inwardly prolonged extensions at 6 having ingers 7 disposed at right angles to the plane termed by the parts 6, the nngers 7 terminating in over-hanging keepers 8 which eX- tend inwardly toward each other., the keepers 8 being located in a plane parallel to the plane in which the extensions 6 are located.

rlhe numeral 9 marks a guard, in the orm olf' a plate, provided at one end with an eye 10. The end bar o't the loop 3 is mounted in the eye 10, the guard 9, thus, being hingedly connected to one end oi the base member 1. rEhe guard 9 has a depressed intermediate portion l1 adapt/el to engage the end of the stud 2. it its `lree end the plate 9 has inwardlyex- 50 tended flanges 12. A stiflening plate 15 is 5, serial No. 306,210.

.plates 111 .and 15.

In the space between theplates 15 and 14 55 'a latch 1G, in the `form of a plate, is mounted to slide. T he latch 16 includes a body 17, l0- cated at the inner end of the latch. The body 17 is wide enough so that it extends entirely across the plate 9 from side to side as `no indicated in lligure 3 of the drawings. The

latch 16 comprises a head 18 and the body 17,

and a reduced neck 19 connects the head and the body. The inner transverse edges of the head 18 torni shoulders 20. The latch 1G is 65 slid by means of a button orprojection 22 which moves in slots 23 formed in the outer stillening plate 11i, and in the guard 9, as shown in Figure 2. There are openings 21 in the stilening plates 14 and 15, and these openings 21 are in registration with each other.

A str-ag 241 in ay be disposed in the form of a loop, and be placed on the stud 2 of the base member 1, the strap passing through the opening 4; of the part 8, and between the arms l75 5, it being observed that both the loop 3 and the arms 5 are arranged at an angle t0 the base member 1 as shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The guard 9 is swung over on top of the base member 1, on the hinge Jformed by the part 10. rlhe depressed portion 11 of the guard 9 engages the end of the stud 2 and holds the strap on the stud. The finger 6 and the keepers 8 pass through the aligned openings 21 of the plates 14 and 15. By means et the button 22, the latch 16 can be shoved in from the position shown in Figure l, and then the shoulders 20 of the latch 16 will engage with the keepers 8 and prevent V90 the guard 9 'from swinging open with respect to the base member 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1n a device of the class described, a base`95 member provided with a stud, the base member-'being supplied at one end with a loop and being provided at its opposite end with approximately parallel arms having inwardly extended fingers terminating in overhang-` v ing keepers which eXtend toward each other, the keepers being located in a plane approxiinately parallel to the plane in Which the eX- tensions are located, a guard mounted at one end to `swing on the loop, the guard cooperating with the :stud in holding a strap, the guard being provided at its .free yend with in- Y Wardly extended flanges, a stiliening plate feo secured upon the flanges, and a stitfening plate 'secured to the under side 'of the guard, there being a space between the plates, the

- sti {lening plates having registering openings,

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